This course introduces combinational logic analysis and design. The topics include digital signals, binary numbers, logic gates, logic families, combinational building blocks, Boolean algebra, combinational circuit analysis, and combinational circuit design techniques. Emphasis is placed on the VHDL hardware description language as a vehicle for circuit description and simulation. Laboratory exercises allow the student to design, implement, and test a wide range of digital circuits using standard logic families and programmable logic devices.

This website serves as a common syllabus providing the daily learning objectives, reading assignments, homework assignments, laboratory assignments, and on-line tutorials. Instructors may provide a supplemental syllabus to students. Use the links at the top of the page to learn about:

• the classroom policies applied by the course instructors,
• the integrated circuit chips used in the laboratory,
• the daily lecture plan,
• the weekly laboratory plan,
• and the software used in the course.

Digital logic circuits are the fundamental building blocks of computer systems. The microprocessors, memories, peripheral controllers, and glue logic that make up every computer are designed as digital logic circuits, simulated extensively before fabrication, fabricated on a silicon wafer using photolithographic techniques, and packaged into an integrated circuit chip (IC) package. This process of design and simulation of logic circuits is thus at the core of electrical and computer engineering.

• the binary and hexadecimal number systems,
• binary arithmetic,
• logic gates,
• Boolean algebra and other logic minimization techniques,
• standard components like multiplexers, adders, and multipliers,
• standard 7400 SSI and MSI integrated circuit chips,
• and the use of VHDL, FPGAs, and simulation as the modern design paradigm.